Liberty and Equality

About this Collection

John Stuart Mill has a controversial place in the classical liberal tradition. He shocked many conservatives with his support for womens suffrage in The Subjection of Women (1869) and seemed to justify considerable state intervention in the economy in his Principles of Political Economy (1848). One of his most influential books, On Liberty (1859), prompted a critique by Stephens who argued that Mills idea of liberty and equality undermined the older liberal notions of “ordered liberty” and “equality under law”.

Key People

OLL Editor

Marcos Falcone

Richard Gunderman

G Patrick Lynch

John Stuart Mill

Caren S. Oberg

Ann P. Robson

Claudia Williamson Kramer

Renee Wilmeth

Titles & Essays

A – Z List

Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General)

Ethics

History Of Scholarship And Learning. The Humanities

Political Theory

The Family. Marriage. Women

United States

Not Categorized

LIBERTY MATTERS

A Better Definition of Justice

By: Darcy Nikol Bryan October 25, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Does Systemic Racism Exist in K-12?

By: Harold A. Black October 13, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Inequities in U.S. Healthcare

By: Darcy Nikol Bryan October 11, 2022

THE READING ROOM

James Baldwin Shows We Have More to Learn About Liberty for All

By: Sabine El-Chidiac October 15, 2025

James Baldwin was one of the greatest American writers, a civil rights activist, and someone who stood up for Black liberty. He was not a libertarian, but those interested in liberty should take heed of his words and the way he…

LIBERTY MATTERS

Models Misbehaving and the Smothering of Liberty Effects

By: John Sibley Butler November 1, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Remembering Sumner the Political Economist. Part 1: The Poison of Paper Money

By: David M. Hart July 19, 2017

LIBERTY MATTERS

Systemic Race Theory and Liberty: Toward an Understanding

By: John Sibley Butler October 18, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Systemic Racism in Crime: Do Blacks Commit More Crimes Than Whites?

By: Claudia Williamson Kramer February 13, 2024

LIBERTY MATTERS

Systemic Racism in Education and Healthcare (October 2022)

By: Ramon P. DeGennaro, Robert F. Graboyes, Darcy Nikol Bryan, Harold A. Black, and John Sibley Butler October 4, 2022

At best, healthcare and education in the United States are suboptimal. At worst, they are a national disgrace. Any disagreements over how best to improve each institution concern more narrowly focused issues, such as racial…

LIBERTY MATTERS

Systemic Racism: Fact or Fiction: Comments on Bryan, Butler and Graboyes

By: Harold A. Black October 27, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Systemic Racism: Four Intersecting Perspectives

By: Robert F. Graboyes October 20, 2022

LIBERTY MATTERS

Tempering Systemic Racism in Healthcare

By: Robert F. Graboyes October 6, 2022